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Care to Renga?

Ever heard of Japanese "Renga" poetry?
As I understand, one poem is composed by two or more people, working in harmony. Neither owning the result. How Zen is that?
Renga is composed using five lines, with the first three resembling haiku in following a 5-7-5 syllable-per-line count and the fourth and fifth lines containing seven syllables each.
I only just started trying haiku with the first post here. I think my feeble attempts are more "hope-so" than haiku, but would anyone be so kind as to help finish this? It needs two more lines of 7 syllables each, along the same theme:

Re: Care to Renga?

Originally Posted by Don

Ever heard of Japanese "Renga" poetry?
As I understand, one poem is composed by two or more people, working in harmony. Neither owning the result. How Zen is that?
Renga is composed using five lines, with the first three resembling haiku in following a 5-7-5 syllable-per-line count and the fourth and fifth lines containing seven syllables each.
I only just started trying haiku with the first post here. I think my feeble attempts are more "hope-so" than haiku, but would anyone be so kind as to help finish this? It needs two more lines of 7 syllables each, along the same theme:

This past, that future
Re-writing and becoming
Mind wasting my time

Gassho,

Mind time may seem time wasted
But mined mind time, a gold mine! :mrgreen: